Child 44 — Tom Rob Smith

From Tom Rob Smith comes the acclaimed New York Times bestseller, a novel unlike any you have ever read -- a relentless story of love and family, and hope and resilience in a totalitarian world...

Stalin's Soviet Union is an official paradise, where citizens live free from crime and fear only one thing: the all-powerful State. Defending this system is idealistic security officer Leo Demidov, a war hero who believes in the iron fist of the law. But when a murderer kills at will and Leo dares to investigate, the State's obedient servant finds himself demoted and exiled. Now, with only his wife at his side, Leo must fight to uncover shocking truths about a killer -- and a country where "crime" doesn't exist.